| Best Book of a Musical | Andrew Lloyd Webber | Aspects of Love |
| Best Book of a Musical | Larry Gelbart | City of Angelsproduction took place the previous year |
| Best Book of a Musical | Luther Davis | Grand Hotelproduction took place the previous year |
| Best Book of a Musical | Hugh Wheeler | Meet Me in St. Louisproduction took place the previous year |
| Best Choreography | Graciela Daniele, Tina Paul | Dangerous Gamesproduction took place the previous year |
| Best Choreography | Tommy Tune | Grand Hotelproduction took place the previous year |
| Best Choreography | Joan Brickhill | Meet Me in St. Louisproduction took place the previous year |
| Best Costume Design | Florence Klotz | City of Angelsproduction took place the previous year |
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| Best Costume Design | Santo Loquasto | Grand Hotelproduction took place the previous year |
| Best Costume Design | Theoni V. Aldredge | Gypsyproduction took place the previous year |
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| Best Costume Design | Erin Quigley | The Grapes of Wrath |
| Best Direction of a Play | Frank Galati | Grapes of Wrath |
| Best Direction of a Play | Michael Blakemore | Lettice and Lovage |
| Best Direction of a Play | Peter Hall | The Merchant of Veniceproduction took place the previous year |
| Best Direction of a Play | Lloyd Richards | The Piano Lesson |
| Best Lighting Design | Paul Gallo | City of Angelsproduction took place the previous year |
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| Best Lighting Design | Jules Fisher | Grand Hotelproduction took place previous year |
| Best Lighting Design | Paul Pyant, Neil Peter Jampolis | Orpheus Descendingproduction took place the previous year |
| Best Lighting Design | Kevin Rigdon | The Grapes of Wrath |
| Best Musical | The Really Useful Theater Co., Inc. | Aspects of Love |
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| Best Musical | Nick Vanoff, Roger Berlind, Jujamcyn Theaters, Suntory International Corp, The Shubert Organization | City of Angelsproducer,
production took place the previous year |
| Best Musical | Marvin A. Krauss, Patty Grubman, Jujamcyn Theaters, Paramount Pictures, Kenneth D. Greenblatt, Sam Crothers, Mary Lea Johnson, Martin Richards, Sander Jacobs | Grand Hotelproducer,
production took place the previous year |
| Best Musical | Brickhill-Burke Productions, Christopher Seabrooke, EPI Products | Meet Me in St. Louisproducer,
production took place the previous year |
| Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre | Andrew Lloyd Webber, Don Black, Charles Hart | Aspects of Lovemusic |
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| Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre | Cy Coleman, David Zippel | City of Angelsmusic,
production took place the previous year |
| Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre | Maury Yeston, George Forrest, Robert Wright | Grand Hotelmusic and lyrics,
production took place the previous year |
| Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre | Hugh Martin, Ralph Blane | Meet Me in St. Louismusic and lyrics,
production took place the previous year |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical | Kevin Colson | Aspects of Love |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical | Rene Auberjonois | City of Angelsproduction took place the previous year |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical | Michael Jeter | Grand Hotelproduction took place the previous year |
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| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical | Jonathan Hadary | Gypsyproduction took place the previous year |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | Charles Durning | Cat on a Hot Tin Roof |
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| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | Terry Kinney, Gary Sinise | The Grapes of Wrath |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | Rocky Carroll, Charles S. Dutton | The Piano Lesson |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | James Naughton | City of Angelsproduction took place the previous year |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Gregg Edelman, Gregg Edelman | City of Angelsproduction took place the previous year |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | David Carroll | Grand Hotelproduction took place the previous year |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Bob Gunton, Bob Gunton | Sweeney Toddproduction took place the previous year |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Tom Hulce | A Few Good Menproduction took place the previous year |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | David Carroll | Grand Hotelproduction took place the previous year |
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| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Dustin Hoffman | The Merchant of Veniceproduction took place the previous year |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Robert Morse | Truproduction took place the previous year |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical | Kathleen Rowe McAllen | Aspects of Love |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical | Randy Graff | City of Angelsproduction took place the previous year |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical | Jane Krakowski | Grand Hotelproduction took place the previous year |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical | Crista Moore | Gypsyproduction took place the previous year |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Polly Holliday | Cat on a Hot Tin Roof |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Margaret Tyzack | Lettice and Lovage |
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| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Lois Smith | The Grapes of Wrath |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | S. Epatha Merkerson | The Piano Lesson |
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| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical | Liliane Montevecchi | Grand Hotelproduction took place the previous year |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical | Tyne Daly | Gypsyproduction took place the previous year |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical | Maggie Smith | Lettice and Lovage |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical | Beth Fowler | Sweeney Toddproduction took place the previous year |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical | Georgia Brown | Threepenny Opera |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Kathleen Turner | Cat on a Hot Tin Roof |
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| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Mary-Louise Parker | Prelude to a Kiss |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Geraldine James | The Merchant of Veniceproduction took place the previous year |
| Best Play | Roger Berlind, Robert Fox, Ltd., The Shubert Organization, Peter Shaffer | Lettice and Lovage |
| Best Play | Craig Lucas, Christopher Gould, Suzanne Golden, Dodger Theatricals | Prelude to a Kiss |
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| Best Play | Suntory International Corp, Steppenwolf Theater Co., The Shubert Organization, Frank Galati, Jujamcyn Theaters | The Grapes of Wrathproducer |
| Best Play | Goodman Theatre, Old Globe Theatre, Huntington Theatre Company, Eugene O'Neill Theatre, Benjamin Mordecai, Gordon Davidson, Center Theatre Group/Ahmanson Theatre, Yale Repertory Theatre, Lloyd Richards, August Wilson, Jujamcyn Theatres | The Piano Lessonproducer |
| Best Revival | Barry and Fran Weissler, Kathy Levin, Kathy Levin, Barry Brown | Gypsyproduction took place the previous year |
| Best Revival | Theodore Mann, Paul Libin, Circle in the Square Theatre | Sweeney Toddproducer,
production took place the previous yeae |
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| Best Revival | Elliot Martin, The Shubert Organization, Suntory International Corp. | The Circleproducer,
production took place the previous year |
| Best Revival | Duncan C. Weldon, Jerome Minskoff, Punch Productions, Peter Hall | The Merchant of Veniceproducer,
production took place the previous year |
| Regional Theater Tony Award | Seattle Repertory Theatre | |
| Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre | Alfred Drake | for Excellence in the Theatre |
